Hi it’s me, the girlfriend. Thank you everyone for the beautiful comments ❤️. Seeing how many people have seen this just blows my mind. You all are so sweet. Thank you to these amazing people for hosting this, so we can share our story. #LLE ❤️🩹
I am so sorry this happened to you as well. I lost my HS boyfriend/ best friend from inhaling butane. Which I had zero idea he was doing with friends until he died unexpectedly one afternoon when his lungs froze😢🫂🫂🫂
The mother of Elvis made a good point, as I also said a few times: If you as a teenager/young adult want to “experiment”, your chances are (very) high that you won’t survive! Back in the days of my youth we had two ways of “experimentation”: Alcohol and weed. That’s it. And what was the outcome: If you do drink too much alcohol you probably will visit the bathroom and feel miserable the next day. If you smoked too much your fridge was probably empty. And now? If you take one counterfeit pill you won’t wake up the next day! And that’s it. Holy smokes, in what a time are we living in right now? So again a huge Thank you to Glen and his wonderful team for trying to educate people how dangerous Fentanyl is and will be! You can’t say it too often but y’all are doing such an important job! Thank you! 🙏
I understand what you are say although don't forget there are 11,000 drunk driving deaths a year in the US alone. I'm sure a part of those are young people. Alcohol is not so innocent.
@@dancelover020 It wasn’t my intention at all to say that Alcohol is innocent! I sadly had a kind of “interaction” wit a drunk driver which resulted in me having 4 major surgeries and now having many titanium screws in my back, so I do have a very “strict” opinion about Alcohol. And on top of that: I don’t drink Alcohol at all, since around 25 years now. One final thing to mention: Every single DUI related death, regardless if the DUI resulted of Alcohol or Drugs of any kind, is one death too much.
@@5ShotProductions Sorry to hear about your experience with a drunk driver. I wasn't talking about you specifically but in general. 25 years sober? Wow that's good! I am lucky, I can drink one or two drinks and then stop. But I've sadly seen in my own family how alcohol can kill.
My mom died when she was 43 due to breast cancer, I was 17 and I remember my Pop Pop George saying a parent should never have to bury their child. While it’s not the same situation, I grew up with Nancy Reagan saying “Don’t do drugs” and we kind of mocked it. If she only knew that her words would be so much different in this day in age. I have two teenage nieces and it scares me to death that this might happen to them. I bless the families and friends affected by this drug and can’t say enough about those that are creating awareness about this killer drug. I watch ever episode you guys make and I hope someday you don’t have to make anymore videos, but unfortunately I feel it won’t be anytime soon. RIP Elvis ❤🙏
Your mom is in Heaven advocating for you to come, Profess by mouth Jesus is Lord and believe God raised Jesus from the dead and you will be saved ❤Romans 10:9
Why are alcohol companies not responsible for the many deaths! Ppl hv free will. Gov does not care I'd they did they would stop the poison. Not say 1 poison is better than the other!
Heartbreaking. Alexis is a special and beautiful soul. I hope her life stays on track and that she heals enough to be open to a new relationship when it comes her way.
@@lepidopterists5170 I understand your grief and the loss that you live with now every single day. I have lost so many. I'm sending you hugs and love from Ireland Alexis. You have a purpose, never forget that!!! XOX
my son used to do hard drugs in his early 20s and it all started with marijuana. He gave all that up and got his life together when he turned 30. He was diagnosed with cancer and died three months ago. I know what it feels like to lose a child. Please people, don’t make negative comments and something as sensitive as this.
@@Cheri-USA so sorry your son found the motivation to give up hard drugs and to get his life back only for the dreaded cancer to have taken him. It's still early days in your loss, keep yourself strong as you can and sending love and peace from the uk😿💜
@@lindagee8724 Thank you so much for your reply. It really meant a lot to me. I don’t know if I’ll ever get over this but I do know God helps me every day with the grief. Love to you and your family in the UK. I’m in the USA. ❤️🙏
Cheri Dawn, that's horrible. I'm so sorry you lost your son at such a young age and after he had won his battle against drugs. Sometimes life is very unfair.
@@Cheri-USA thank-you for your heartfelt reply. Maybe losing your son will be difficult to recover from completely as you loved him so much. My brother died in the 1980s in a car accident, l can see that is a different cause but the loss of such a young man runs deeply hopefully and with your faith to believe in this may be less heavy and encompassing further along the road. Bless you and your family.
Oh, Charity and Alexis! Thank you for being so open and honest about this terrible event in your lives. I can't imagine how you feel. Creating awareness is a gift to us all and part of a lasting legacy for your Elvis, and I thank you. Love never dies.x
Mom, family and beautiful Alexis, I am so deeply saddened for your loss. I pray for you all. May love and comfort be with you. You are amazing women. ❤️🙏
Mom and Alexis, he looked like he was a good guy. Just a good guy. I'm so sorry for all of your pain. Thank you for sharing him with us. Our love is near. ❤
This can Happen to anyone, you don't have to be an addict, kids just trying an Adderall or zanex, for 1st time. Are dying, this isn't about oh they smoke weed 🤷♀️
It blows my mind how we see all these ads and commercials on tv for pharmaceutical prescriptions for diabetes, HIV, arthritis etc, but NEVER for warnings of Fentanyl crisis, more resources for mental health treatments and addiction!! Why? Why is the government not putting money into funding MORE HELP for this crisis? I don’t want to see commercials on Shingles and psoriasis treatments!! I want more resources and mental health treatments for us in AMERICA!
I’ve been watching these videos and talking to people about fentanyl poisoning and it’s amazing most people aren’t aware of it. I sure appreciate the braveness of all involved in this project and have talked to my kids about it. Any one of us could be in your shoes. So sorry for your loss
@@paradisesunprincess my experience has been it’s a bit of both. My 20 year old college junior and his friends were completely unaware of all of the fentanyl laced fake pills that are being sold that look exactly like oxy or Xanax, until I saw this series of videos. I also didn’t realize what a huge scale this is on and how many deaths are being caused by it. That was pretty shocking to me and scary for sure. I really appreciate everyone who contributed to this series of video to share their experiences and knowledge. Thank you.
I have a very hard time admitting I was addicted to narcotics. I grew up around stone junkies & I despised them. I had an injury at 29 and disgusting oxycontin slithered into my life. The way getting addicted creeps up is so insidious. I regularly had to remove addicts from my rental apartment building I owned, they would break into washers & dryers,I found two dead from od. Here I am at 54 I haven't touched narcotics in over ,20 yrs. I see young people in teens now & videos like this .I am sorry for your loss..
Kids always assume they are invincible and that the hospital will revive them if they OD. So sad for the people who love them that are left with the devastation of those bad choices and assumptions
What a sweet mother and girlfriend he had. No doubt that fentanyl is robbing us of our loved ones. Our hearts and prayers are with you. May he rest in peace.
Before I say anything else I want to tell these two amazing women I am sorry they are here having to do this sad story. Next, I am shocked that there is so little awareness given to the crisis in America that this hospice nurse was not aware of the dangers and prevalence of Fentanyl. Alexis did state that Elvis did know, however, but our youth think they are bulletproof and invencible and of course think it won't happen to them. Dead in the bed should be a slogan for this. Unfortunately. Thanks Texas Pictures for leading the media until mainstream picks up the ball.
Thank you. If I could go back and do something that would have changed this outcome I would. I love my son more than life an his death has devastated myself and our family.
Seems like most of the stories that I’ve seen start similarly. Kids have Anxiety or ADHD which leads them to alcohol, pot, then ends in pills. These videos need to be shown at every school. I am so sorry for your loss.
Truth is. Even though so many kids have these diagnoses, medication isn’t always the answer. Personal experience, antidepressants and Ben is are so dangerous. Adderall is dangerous. They lead these children down dangerous paths bc they mess with the brain in adverse ways. My heart hurts.
@@kechiahignight565 it's only dangerous because people are prescribed it when they don't need it. For people who truly need it, it's dangerous not to have those medications.
Caffeine is a drug. This statement yes true for harder drugs doesnt tell the whole story. Weed and alcohol at low dosages is not going to kill you like elvis.
Psychedelics are just an exceptional mental health breakthrough. It's quite fascinating how effective they are against depression and anxiety. Saved my life.
Can you help with the reliable source I would really appreciate it. Many people talk about mushrooms and psychedelics but nobody talks about where to get them. Very hard to get a reliable s0urce here in Australia. Really need!
Can you help with the reliable source I would really appreciate it. Many people talk about mushrooms and psychedelics but nobody talks about where to get them. Very hard to get a reliable s0urce here in Australia. Really need!…..😊
The alcohol/valium combo is very dangerous. Either one alone in fairly large dose isn't fatal (excluding extremely high doses), but the two in combination (in moderate doses) can easily be fatal.
The pain of these losses we have in our family will forever be with us! We don’t get over it no matter how long it’s been. We will forever ask ourselves why knowing we will never understand. I still remember both phone calls of my sister & Elvis passing I’ll never forget it!
Very easy for people to criticize isn't it? The critical people are fortunate to seemingly have little knowledge or experience with addiction. Love you.
Mom, your bravery in sharing your story, has saved yet another life. The heartbreak of losing a child will stay with you for the rest of your life. Believe me, there was nothing you could have done to change the outcome. I am 40+ days clean because of parents like you, willing to share your grief. His struggle is over, and he is safely "home". Its harder on those left behind. But you will see your beautiful boy again. Godspeed.
My son lost his best friend to fentanyl 😢 I make him carry narcan (and test strips to give out). Its sad how many times he has used narcan at parties and asked me for more. I couldn’t even imagine what I would do if I lost a child. My heart breaks for these families 😢
Thank you so much for sharing Elvis and his story with us. I appreciate your honesty and hindsight is always 20/20. I hope you never blame yourself or feel like you failed. I'm an addict and my 2 brothers are college grads living a successful life. The family that grew up across the street from me ended up with 1 addict and the other is a nurse practitioner. Down the street another family, one addict and other kids turned out fine. I educate my children as much as possible and tell them they are genetically predisposed so don't do anything!! It's scary these days, one pill can kill.
My deepest condolences to all the families that have lost someone to an overdose I've been sober and clean since 2013 and I'm so afraid of my teenagers using anything these days 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
I love this name, butterfly genus. I am so so so very sorry for your loss and Charity's loss. I will say his name over and over today and for the days to come... I remember all of these names.. These wonderful individuals who lost their lives to this scourge... Prayers, love, and peace!!! Always!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you for sharing your story, my condolences to you and your extended family, the loss is very profound, Elvis story shared a glimpse of who he was, how loved he was, its really incredibly sad to hear a Mums broken heart as she shares the life of her son , my heart breaks for her😢
I can't believe someone has acknowledged that here I've been saying that for so long the divorces that that the sketchy stepparents that has ruined so many kids
@@catiedobbs3254it's all about that but 80% of it is divorce and the kids are just expected to deal with it they're just expected to accept this new this new mother this this new father that doesn't really care about them like their own . It's too easy to just walk away nobody will work it will fight to work it out just walk away and throw it all down the toilet kids be damned...
My parents stayed together. My 62 year old (yes, 62) brother has been on hard drugs since he was a teen. So....there must be more than two people in the home stay married.
VALIUM IS A PRESCRIPTION... The idea that pharmaceuticals can be used SAFELY on confused, stressed people baffles me just because it came from a nurse or doctor. Good people can be addicts. Dangerous people can be addicts. Get your heart clear, be visible to your family. Love matters more than anything.
I wanted to express with most cases than not, is too start teaching kids how to deal with the negative people who want to do drugs within their community. Because moving a.child to a different location does not mean that there is less drugs around and the people who use and deal them. Moving from one place to another is not the answer to helping your child minimize the way drugs are presented to them. Thank you and God Bless
So sorry for the lose of your son . I had my daughter call the phone numbers at the end of each telecast, seeking help for emotional crisis, etc and all they asked if she was suicidal, she said no and very nicely advised her she needed to contact so and so ( saying in essence they couldn’t offer assistance) and Hung up on her, That’s the problem in this country. I have heard so many here tell their terrible sad struggles with their loved ones, them seeking help to no avail l repeat thats the problem here in this country, when a person with needs reaches out - while they can still be helped - there is no help… no funds, no affordable counseling centers, nothing, until the worst scenario happens. Yet, this country GIVES and has billions of dollars in assistance for wars abroad… Beginning with Middle East and Ukraine.
The 988 number was recommended to us by the DEA. This is the first we’ve heard of it not being helpful. We’re open to including other numbers if anyone has recommendations.
Why do parents think that divorce is no big deal to kids? They need their mom and dad, BOTH, TOGETHER!! Sounds like he was totally in charge of his life, in all aspects, so sad. You don't seem to be concerned, as a parent, "when he decided". When he decided, really? To get away from his "mother".Never any questions....18 is not adult.
you got to see 23 minutes into our lives. not everything was included. his mom was and is an amazing mother. he unfortunately did not listen when he was younger and did whatever he wanted which led him to trouble. his dad wasn’t in the picture much growing up. i come from divorced parents as well and me and my siblings turned out pretty okay, despite these circumstances. genetics play into addiction as well. so does literally everything else.
This is my sister and my nephew, you have zero clue what you’re talking about charlotte. Hopefully one day you’ll Never have to lose a child to fentanyl poisoning, because there will then be malinformed people like yourself who have the lack of class and integrity blaming you for your own child’s death.
Girlfriend was wise beyond her years. I hope I do not offend but when dealing with people that do drugs often or are addicted to them every movement should be questioned. The $20.00 question she asked was valid if it is for the wrong reasons they will give up and go to someone else because it is needed for the wrong reasons. Everything they do should be questioned. It is not that you do not love them it is called tough love your trying to protect them from themselves.
Thank you :) and 100% i always questioned him if i felt like he was being fishy. it was never to be controlling, but because i constantly worried and wanted to make sure he was being safe
Sigo estos testimonios desde España, ayudada de subtítulos en muchas ocasiones y estoy impresionada de la generosidad de estas familias y del dolor que han sufrido. De momento, en España, no vivimos algo ni parecido. El fentanilo nunca es una prescripción inicial, yo solo conozco a una persona a la que se hayan recetado y por dolor oncológico. Además, el sistema sanitario público establece muy estrictos controles sobre todos los medicamentos, incluso sobre los opiáceos que solo se pueden recetar por periodos muy cortos de tiempo. Esos controles hacen muy difícil el mercado ilegal. La receta electrónica hace que el sistema pueda saber qué tomamos y durante cuánto tiempo. Tampoco la heroína está extendida, yo solo he conocido a dos personas en toda mi vida que hayan consumido y pertenezco a la juventud de los años 80 en la que todo era bien recibido. No sé qué pasará en el futuro, pero quiero agradecer a todas estas familias lo que estoy aprendiendo y comunícales mi dolor por la pérdida de su hijos, hermanas..etc
@@mariapuerta1975 hola Maria, disculpa mi español pq sigo aprendiendolo! Soy Rusa, viví en Alemania, ahora vivo en Canarias. En Canarias donde vivo yo se puede comprar cualquier droga en el centro del pueblo, la policía lo sabe y hace nada! La estación de policía está 10 metros al lado de vendedores de droga, imaginalo! Pero no es lo que quería decir. Como entiendo yo, el problema de fentanil en Estados Unidos es más grave en el sur, cerca de la frontera con México, de donde vienen todas estas pastillas de prescripción (como valium) pero llenas de fentanil! Y fentanil parece más fuerte que heroína... Y todo se compra por internet no hace falta it a doctor. Pues imagina, un niño compra una pastilla de valium por Internet (illegal) y recibe algo que también tiene fentanil por dentro, y no lo sabe! Y se muere. Tu tienes razón- en Europa es diferente. No me parece que sea tan fácil obtener prescripción para cualquier pastilla fuerte aparte de ibuprofeno aquí en EU (tampoco en Rusia). Esperamos que vayamos a seguir así.
@@mariakordyukova7715 muchas gracias, tienes razón en el acceso a las derogas que está muy generalizado, pero de momento es un problema menos grave, pero ya veremos. Tienes un español perfecto, felicidades!
Ok I have a 13 year old son and he has smoked weed. He confided in me that he has tried it. I am homeschooling him now but he’s begging to go back to school. I see my son’s future and it’s not a good one. What advice can any one give me? What do you wish you would’ve done differently that those of us seeing our children going down that path should be doing now? My heart just breaks.
The BIGGEST THINGS these kids to know, you can't take Anything off the street or a friend, IFV YOUR NOT PRESCRIBED DON'T TAKE. IT'S ALL POISON. COULD BE KIDS 1ST TIME, Adderall, okycodone, zanex. 1 pill you don't have to be an addict
It sounds like he had some mental health issues and that his problem was more serious than his Mom and girlfriend were able to perceive. Very sorry for the loss of this young man, because clearly he did not want to die. Fentanyl is god awful - as a country we've got to get this under control. RIP young man.
He looked so much like you, and quite a unique name and of course I'm wondering about it, did other people in your family ever have that name or was it bc you liked Elvis Presley. And I wonder if he liked it. I always think when you wake up if you wonder if it's a dream you had or is it real. The horrid feeling you must have when you realize it is real must cut you like a knife. I am so sorry you have to go thru such sadness each day but it is good you puch ahead for your other kids. I truly think this is the worst thing you can go through. Bless you in the future and RIP Elvis.
Elvis’s mum is so straightforward and blunt in the way she speaks about his death. I honestly think that is going to help her as she navigates the rest of her life. Fentanyl isn’t as. If an issue here in Australia, but that doesn’t mean our country is immune to drug-related deaths. I just hope that I never have to feel that kind of pain.
@@tessap5280 Oh I wasn’t saying anything negative about it. She comes across as very stoic. Hospice nurse does explain how comfortable she is talking about death. Prior to health issues I was a nurse. You do learn to compartmentalise your feelings. You are expected to be professional all while your heart might be breaking. Sending her lots of love.
@@sinda_hella oh I know that forsure you wasn't I can just relate to it being a nurse aid for 27 years and also in similar situation I was just commenting from my own perspective.
Im very sorry for mom and girlfriend. They come across as really cool supportive women that a guy would be blessed to have and to know. However, he was too damn weak. He played around a little too much and paid the cost to be the boss.
IM SO SORRY FOR THE LOSS OF YOUR SON 🕊️🕯️🕊️🕯️🕊️🕯️🕊️🕯️🕊️🕯️🫂🙏🏽🙏🏽PRAYERS AND CONDOLENCES TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. MOM JUST KNOW YOU DIDNT FAIL ELVIS YOU WERE A GREAT MOM HERE ARE YOUR FLOWERS AND A HUG💪🏽🫂🫂🌹🌹🥹🥹AND TO HIS GF YOU WERE REALLY THERE FOR ELVIS HERE ARE YOUR FLOWERS 🌹🌹🫂🥹🥹🙏🏽🙏🏽IM SOOO SORRY STAY AWAY FROM THAT POISON HOLD YOUR HEAD UP STAY 💪🏽💪🏽
@@robinlanier6886 “too calm” you have absolutely zero clue what my sister charity has done through, how much pain and agony she has suffered through, how much she has cried her eyes out. You sound absolutely disturbed to where you feel that my sister should of had a a mental breakdown during This interview. Get professional help YOU NEED IT!
Back in the ‘good old heroin days’ the process was always the same. Those who got into it, usually around 20 would either get hefty and EARLY help along with motivation from the abuser got maybe 20% clean. The other 80% would overdose and die at 27 or 28. So these people were established drug addicts. Not that way now. One pill to a non-abuser can do the job and end it all. Times have changed. I saw many friends and acquaintances pass at 27-28 after around 7 years of useage of opiates.
I truly feel bad for the stories with adults dying from fentanyl but the kid stories hit a little different, because they’re just so young, it creates alot of What ifs 🙁
These stories are heart breaking. A common theme is a child is found dead in their home and the parents are forced out of their house due to the investigation. Making it seem the police and investigators are serious about solving the death, and getting justice for the family. But what I see is if the result is found or not then it’s over, I hear of family not getting any answers afterwards. They are ignored, if phone cannot be opened they cannot have it back, or even the phone has been misplaced. Leaving broken families with no answers and no end for their horrible loss. Oh your child was an addict this is what happens. How can this be….? So sad so damn sad for everyone’s loss god bless you all.
Moms comment about her sister happens all the time and it shouldn’t. Family members have no clue the damage they’re doing when their “tough love” is nothing but tough, blame and anger. NO ONE willingly chooses to be an addict. Yeah maybe they did something stupid that got them started but no one wants to be a total slave to anything. No one wants to be hated nor disappoint the most important people in their lives. And families that respond that way just make the addicted person who now feels like they have nothing to live for-no one that truly cares fall deeper into their addiction. Trust me we all know we could die and we all know if it happens our families will just respond to the news with “we’re not surprised we knew she’d/he’d eventually kill him/her self… Yeah that’s going to give an addictive person hope for the future. No one loves them, no one wants them-hell no one can tolerate them enough to check to see if they’re alive. You have no clue what that realization does to someone already down in life. A doctor (who at the time didn’t know Oxytocin’s were so addictive) started mine. A few years into it as I sat in his office crying and begging for help to get off them he told me I’d be on them the rest of my life bc there was no successful way of getting off them. God got me off them but not until the point I was going to self eliminate myself. Before we can stop addiction in our country we have to understand addiction and all it’s aspects as well as mental illness as it pertains to addiction. Cutting off the supply won’t work if we have nothing in place to help addicts get back on their feet as well as forgive themselves
Very sorry for your loss. Here’s the story we recently published with insights from a counselor about grief. Grief Feels Like Crazy - Heather Lambert, LPC ua-cam.com/video/82olbtwjzts/v-deo.html
So sorry Mama. This pain is unimaginable. You are not alone. I have found a support group that has been a life saver for me. Have you checked out the Compassionate Friends support group?
So sad people need to go through this. I never understood the allure of drugs. The drug culture in this country seems to glamorize this crap and then this happens. Sad to see this mom make excuses for his drug use.
About testing and the chocolate cookie -theory: Is it possible the test shows negative on some part of the pill but it still has a lethal amount of fentanyl but it's just not in the part you're testing? This mom is a very good speaker. My condolences 🌹
Yes, it is possible. To test, the entire dose must be dissolved in water. Then, if negative and still determined to use the drug, you can drink the solution.
@@TexasPictures thanks for the answer. This has really bugged me. I've seen pictures where they just scrub a corner of a pill and do the test like that. I hope people know how the test is done correctly. At least it should be talked about so people will know. I can understand that talking about this with children is hard and it's hard to understand as a parent when it is the right time. The victims are getting younger and younger. Saying "don't do drugs" is easy. But to start talking to a 10-12 yo like "but if you do, do this and that".🥹 And how do you do it if you as a parent don't even know. You are doing a very important job 🙏
Thank you. We've made a couple of stories that include the use of test strips. Wew also have a story we haven't finished yet about another testing option.
Matthew 11:28-29 "28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls." Jesus Christ from Nazareth ❤
GOD BLESS THE MOTHER FOR SHARING THE STORY❤ THE GIRLFRIEND FOR SHARING ❤HER HEART MAY GOD BLESS 🙏🏼 BOTH!! AND EVERYONE WHO READS THIS COMMENT!! YES YOU* EVERYBODY THAT'S STRUGGLING WITH ADDICTION MAY YOU BE STRENGTHENED AND MAY YOU OVERCOME! PLEASE EVERYONE WHO BELIEVES PRAY FOR EVERYONE ELSE WHO MAY BE STRUGGLING WITH ADDICTION ❤ LIFT YOUR HANDS TO HEAVEN IN THE FAITH FOR DOING SO...THAT THE GREAT I AM WILL SEE & BE PRESENT IN THE MOMENT ❤❤❤AMEN STRENGTH TO OVERCOME... HEALING FOR THE BROKEN.... AMEN
There is so much research going on about mushrooms, some are poisonous but most have been found to help and actually stop many ailments such as anxiety, depression, weight loss etc. Wish more people would check it out. My brother 70, makes a green smoothie with lions mane & few other mushrooms, he had a stroke 6 years ago but now feels so good, off of BP meds, chlorestoral meds, lost 28 lbs in 3 mos so far.
I am sorry for your loss. Hiw can somebody be so blubg to ask are you over it. How heartless. Such peopke never lost anxbody they love much less a child.
Another life to fentanyl. Rest in peace Elvis. Alexis, I am so sorry for your loss. Please do something great. Please tell your peers about this horrible drug. To the family of Elvis, please keep your other child safe and educated. RIP Elvis 🙏🏻❤️🇺🇸
I'm sorry for your loss. If you all are believers in Jesus Christ. Then he's not in your past but your future you will see him again when Jesus calls us all home
BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT FEELS LIKE TAKING DRUGS THAT THE DOCTOR DIDN'T GIVE IS PERSONAL CHOICE N NOT A REAL PROBLEM BECAUSE PPL CHOOSE TO DO IT EVEN THO THE GOVERNMENT GO OUT THEIR WAY TO WARN US. SO YEAH DON'T BLAME THE GOVERNMENT
Government warned us?? Please tell me how? Oh when they took all benzodines away from anxiety patients? 😒 🤔 Another reason for v then to turn to the street. You should research. Js 💜🙏
Hi it’s me, the girlfriend. Thank you everyone for the beautiful comments ❤️. Seeing how many people have seen this just blows my mind. You all are so sweet. Thank you to these amazing people for hosting this, so we can share our story. #LLE ❤️🩹
I am.So Sorry That you had to go through this type of Pain!
Why Is The Government Not Doing Anything about this?
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Thanks for taking the time to tell us about Elvis. He sounded like a good guy.
I am so sorry this happened to you as well. I lost my HS boyfriend/ best friend from inhaling butane. Which I had zero idea he was doing with friends until he died unexpectedly one afternoon when his lungs froze😢🫂🫂🫂
So sorry this happened to you and Elvis and his family, stay as strong as you possibly can. With much love and peace from the uk😢❤
The mother of Elvis made a good point, as I also said a few times: If you as a teenager/young adult want to “experiment”, your chances are (very) high that you won’t survive!
Back in the days of my youth we had two ways of “experimentation”: Alcohol and weed. That’s it. And what was the outcome: If you do drink too much alcohol you probably will visit the bathroom and feel miserable the next day. If you smoked too much your fridge was probably empty.
And now? If you take one counterfeit pill you won’t wake up the next day! And that’s it.
Holy smokes, in what a time are we living in right now?
So again a huge Thank you to Glen and his wonderful team for trying to educate people how dangerous Fentanyl is and will be! You can’t say it too often but y’all are doing such an important job!
Thank you! 🙏
now I heard they lace weed with fentanyl and the consumer no even know what is getting so NOTHING is save unless you grow your own.
I understand what you are say although don't forget there are 11,000 drunk driving deaths a year in the US alone. I'm sure a part of those are young people. Alcohol is not so innocent.
@@dancelover020 It wasn’t my intention at all to say that Alcohol is innocent! I sadly had a kind of “interaction” wit a drunk driver which resulted in me having 4 major surgeries and now having many titanium screws in my back, so I do have a very “strict” opinion about Alcohol.
And on top of that: I don’t drink Alcohol at all, since around 25 years now.
One final thing to mention: Every single DUI related death, regardless if the DUI resulted of Alcohol or Drugs of any kind, is one death too much.
@@5ShotProductions Sorry to hear about your experience with a drunk driver. I wasn't talking about you specifically but in general. 25 years sober? Wow that's good! I am lucky, I can drink one or two drinks and then stop. But I've sadly seen in my own family how alcohol can kill.
Prayers to all who loved Elvis.🙏🏾
My mom died when she was 43 due to breast cancer, I was 17 and I remember my Pop Pop George saying a parent should never have to bury their child. While it’s not the same situation, I grew up with Nancy Reagan saying “Don’t do drugs” and we kind of mocked it. If she only knew that her words would be so much different in this day in age. I have two teenage nieces and it scares me to death that this might happen to them. I bless the families and friends affected by this drug and can’t say enough about those that are creating awareness about this killer drug. I watch ever episode you guys make and I hope someday you don’t have to make anymore videos, but unfortunately I feel it won’t be anytime soon. RIP Elvis ❤🙏
Your mom is in Heaven advocating for you to come, Profess by mouth Jesus is Lord and believe God raised Jesus from the dead and you will be saved ❤Romans 10:9
Why are alcohol companies not responsible for the many deaths! Ppl hv free will. Gov does not care I'd they did they would stop the poison. Not say 1 poison is better than the other!
Wow my mom died at 40 of breast cancer and I was 21 .. it’s so hard no matter what .. Rest well to ur mom and mines, they watching over us together
Heartbreaking. Alexis is a special and beautiful soul. I hope her life stays on track and that she heals enough to be open to a new relationship when it comes her way.
Thank you so much. 2 years later and it hasn’t gotten easier, but it’s gotten more manageable. It’s made me stronger and i keep going for him ❤️
@@lepidopterists5170 I understand your grief and the loss that you live with now every single day. I have lost so many. I'm sending you hugs and love from Ireland Alexis. You have a purpose, never forget that!!! XOX
His poor girlfriend 😢
Being thrown into that kind of truama and heartbreak SO, so young...💔
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my son used to do hard drugs in his early 20s and it all started with marijuana. He gave all that up and got his life together when he turned 30. He was diagnosed with cancer and died three months ago. I know what it feels like to lose a child. Please people, don’t make negative comments and something as sensitive as this.
@@Cheri-USA so sorry your son found the motivation to give up hard drugs and to get his life back only for the dreaded cancer to have taken him. It's still early days in your loss, keep yourself strong as you can and sending love and peace from the uk😿💜
@@lindagee8724 Thank you so much for your reply. It really meant a lot to me. I don’t know if I’ll ever get over this but I do know God helps me every day with the grief. Love to you and your family in the UK. I’m in the USA. ❤️🙏
Cheri Dawn, that's horrible. I'm so sorry you lost your son at such a young age and after he had won his battle against drugs. Sometimes life is very unfair.
I’m so sorry for your loss you have my prayers 🙏🏽🙏🏽
@@Cheri-USA thank-you for your heartfelt reply. Maybe losing your son will be difficult to recover from completely as you loved him so much. My brother died in the 1980s in a car accident, l can see that is a different cause but the loss of such a young man runs deeply hopefully and with your faith to believe in this may be less heavy and encompassing further along the road. Bless you and your family.
Oh, Charity and Alexis! Thank you for being so open and honest about this terrible event in your lives. I can't imagine how you feel. Creating awareness is a gift to us all and part of a lasting legacy for your Elvis, and I thank you. Love never dies.x
Charity no words can explain your pain and the sadness I feel for Elvis.
This Mother is Strong in the sense that She can talk about her son's story without breaking down.
She actually laughed and smiled a lot, so it seems like she's doing pretty good.
I think her being a hospice nurse factored in it too.
I think she is dissociating. I'd bet money she bawls her eyes out in the shower, when no one can see her.
@@gulumhazerunfortunately we learn to compartmentalize trauma. It comes off kinda cold and stoic .
@@adonis4ya2 I agree 💯. I am a psych nurse and we learn to grow some tough skin due to the grueling task at hand a lot of the times.
Mom, family and beautiful Alexis, I am so deeply saddened for your loss. I pray for you all. May love and comfort be with you. You are amazing women. ❤️🙏
Mom and Alexis, he looked like he was a good guy. Just a good guy. I'm so sorry for all of your pain. Thank you for sharing him with us. Our love is near. ❤
This can Happen to anyone, you don't have to be an addict, kids just trying an Adderall or zanex, for 1st time.
Are dying, this isn't about oh they smoke weed 🤷♀️
It blows my mind how we see all these ads and commercials on tv for pharmaceutical prescriptions for diabetes, HIV, arthritis etc, but NEVER for warnings of Fentanyl crisis, more resources for mental health treatments and addiction!! Why? Why is the government not putting money into funding MORE HELP for this crisis? I don’t want to see commercials on Shingles and psoriasis treatments!! I want more resources and mental health treatments for us in AMERICA!
There's no warning
Because it is a chemical war on us. They've done this intentionally 😈
@@shayshaymann113 It’s killing millions kids adults and they are doing o. Not even a word about it in schools etc. Sickning 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🌸🌸🌸🌸😢😢😢😢
I’ve been watching these videos and talking to people about fentanyl poisoning and it’s amazing most people aren’t aware of it. I sure appreciate the braveness of all involved in this project and have talked to my kids about it. Any one of us could be in your shoes. So sorry for your loss
It's mind boggling that we aren't hearing about this every day. Thank you for sharing with the kids.
It's not that they don't know about it. They just don't think with would happen to them
@@paradisesunprincess my experience has been it’s a bit of both. My 20 year old college junior and his friends were completely unaware of all of the fentanyl laced fake pills that are being sold that look exactly like oxy or Xanax, until I saw this series of videos. I also didn’t realize what a huge scale this is on and how many deaths are being caused by it. That was pretty shocking to me and scary for sure. I really appreciate everyone who contributed to this series of video to share their experiences and knowledge. Thank you.
Beautiful boy! I hope you are okay in the spirit realm, Elvis. ❤
So heartbreaking 💔 ! My condolences to Elvis' loving family and GF
I have a very hard time admitting I was addicted to narcotics. I grew up around stone junkies & I despised them. I had an injury at 29 and disgusting oxycontin slithered into my life. The way getting addicted creeps up is so insidious. I regularly had to remove addicts from my rental apartment building I owned, they would break into washers & dryers,I found two dead from od. Here I am at 54 I haven't touched narcotics in over ,20 yrs. I see young people in teens now & videos like this .I am sorry for your loss..
Gosh, heartbreaking.
A beautiful boy.
Sorry for his
Lovely mom and girlfriend.
I could cry a River for
Them.
So sorry for their loss...
Kids always assume they are invincible and that the hospital will revive them if they OD. So sad for the people who love them that are left with the devastation of those bad choices and assumptions
All of these stories certainly put things about life into perspective. Good and bad. 🦋
these folks seem like truly wonderful people - my deepest sympathies for your loss. RIP Elvis.
Thank you, this was not easy to do. Alexis is an amazing young woman.
What a sweet mother and girlfriend he had. No doubt that fentanyl is robbing us of our loved ones. Our hearts and prayers are with you. May he rest in peace.
It's so sad that fentanyl is the "new" killer drug. It breaks my heart.💔 I feel so sorry for family and friends left behind.
Elvis looks just like mom. Condolences ❤
Thank you. I miss him so much.
Before I say anything else I want to tell these two amazing women I am sorry they are here having to do this sad story. Next, I am shocked that there is so little awareness given to the crisis in America that this hospice nurse was not aware of the dangers and prevalence of Fentanyl. Alexis did state that Elvis did know, however, but our youth think they are bulletproof and invencible and of course think it won't happen to them. Dead in the bed should be a slogan for this. Unfortunately. Thanks Texas Pictures for leading the media until mainstream picks up the ball.
Thank you. If I could go back and do something that would have changed this outcome I would. I love my son more than life an his death has devastated myself and our family.
Thank you ladiesfor sharing Elvis's story. So sorry for your loss. ❤
Seems like most of the stories that I’ve seen start similarly. Kids have Anxiety or ADHD which leads them to alcohol, pot, then ends in pills. These videos need to be shown at every school. I am so sorry for your loss.
Truth is. Even though so many kids have these diagnoses, medication isn’t always the answer. Personal experience, antidepressants and Ben is are so dangerous. Adderall is dangerous. They lead these children down dangerous paths bc they mess with the brain in adverse ways. My heart hurts.
@@kechiahignight565 it's only dangerous because people are prescribed it when they don't need it. For people who truly need it, it's dangerous not to have those medications.
Revelation 18:23
By pharmakia all nations are deceived
…and divorce of the parents is another prevailing event in the life of the addict/victim.
@@MsAdventure531 💯
No drugs, period. Unless they come from your Dr.
This has spun so far it of control and not addressed by the media whatsoever.
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@@tranquility9325 not even sure you can trust medication prescribed by a doctor
It has been addressed by the media...there's so much on this horrible epidemic. Sadly, not many listen to "no drugs".
Caffeine is a drug. This statement yes true for harder drugs doesnt tell the whole story. Weed and alcohol at low dosages is not going to kill you like elvis.
@@shelleysedwickthe media have politicized the issue and NOT in a good way with open borders and drugs coming across in massive amounts.
Psychedelics are just an exceptional mental health breakthrough. It's quite fascinating how effective they are against depression and anxiety. Saved my life.
Can you help with the reliable source I would really appreciate it. Many people talk about mushrooms and psychedelics but nobody talks about where to get them. Very hard to get a reliable s0urce here in Australia. Really need!
Can you help with the reliable source I would really appreciate it. Many people talk about mushrooms and psychedelics but nobody talks about where to get them. Very hard to get a reliable s0urce here in Australia. Really need!…..😊
The alcohol/valium combo is very dangerous. Either one alone in fairly large dose isn't fatal (excluding extremely high doses), but the two in combination (in moderate doses) can easily be fatal.
Most devastating thing to lose a child
The mom really didn’t think of her son in a negative way, no matter what he did🥺 you never think your child would be dead. Like she said..
RIP Elvis Another Sad story My Condolences too The Family🩷
The pain of these losses we have in our family will forever be with us! We don’t get over it no matter how long it’s been. We will forever ask ourselves why knowing we will never understand. I still remember both phone calls of my sister & Elvis passing I’ll never forget it!
Very easy for people to criticize isn't it? The critical people are fortunate to seemingly have little knowledge or experience with addiction. Love you.
Mom, your bravery in sharing your story, has saved yet another life. The heartbreak of losing a child will stay with you for the rest of your life. Believe me, there was nothing you could have done to change the outcome. I am 40+ days clean because of parents like you, willing to share your grief. His struggle is over, and he is safely "home". Its harder on those left behind. But you will see your beautiful boy again. Godspeed.
Thank you for your comments. We also have a series of recovery stories that you might find interesting. You can find them in our playlists.
Thank you for sharing this story 💔
My son lost his best friend to fentanyl 😢 I make him carry narcan (and test strips to give out). Its sad how many times he has used narcan at parties and asked me for more. I couldn’t even imagine what I would do if I lost a child. My heart breaks for these families 😢
Thank you so much for sharing Elvis and his story with us. I appreciate your honesty and hindsight is always 20/20. I hope you never blame yourself or feel like you failed. I'm an addict and my 2 brothers are college grads living a successful life. The family that grew up across the street from me ended up with 1 addict and the other is a nurse practitioner. Down the street another family, one addict and other kids turned out fine. I educate my children as much as possible and tell them they are genetically predisposed so don't do anything!! It's scary these days, one pill can kill.
My deepest condolences to all the families that have lost someone to an overdose I've been sober and clean since 2013 and I'm so afraid of my teenagers using anything these days 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
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@@calvinjuarez2289 ♥️🙏🏼
Sad thing it's not Overdose, it's POISONED
I love this name, butterfly genus. I am so so so very sorry for your loss and Charity's loss. I will say his name over and over today and for the days to come... I remember all of these names.. These wonderful individuals who lost their lives to this scourge... Prayers, love, and peace!!! Always!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you for sharing your story, my condolences to you and your extended family, the loss is very profound, Elvis story shared a glimpse of who he was, how loved he was, its really incredibly sad to hear a Mums broken heart as she shares the life of her son , my heart breaks for her😢
This is a very sad story. Rest peacefully Elvis.
My heart goes out to his girlfriend. So sorry.
I have severe anxiety and I take Buspar which helps. I feel for his pain of anxiety.
I’m sooooo soooo sorry you’ve lost your son to this horrible drug and disease💔😢 what a beautiful boy 💔🙏
Breakdown of the two parent families is devastating on our kids.
I agree divorce is terrible on children.
I can't believe someone has acknowledged that here I've been saying that for so long the divorces that that the sketchy stepparents that has ruined so many kids
@@catiedobbs3254it's all about that but 80% of it is divorce and the kids are just expected to deal with it they're just expected to accept this new this new mother this this new father that doesn't really care about them like their own . It's too easy to just walk away nobody will work it will fight to work it out just walk away and throw it all down the toilet kids be damned...
My parents stayed together. My 62 year old (yes, 62) brother has been on hard drugs since he was a teen. So....there must be more than two people in the home stay married.
Yeah, especially when small kids are involved.
VALIUM IS A PRESCRIPTION...
The idea that pharmaceuticals can be used SAFELY on confused, stressed people baffles me just because it came from a nurse or doctor.
Good people can be addicts.
Dangerous people can be addicts.
Get your heart clear, be visible to your family. Love matters more than anything.
Thank you. Addiction doesn't discriminate.
This happened recently in the state I live in and they did arrest the guy who sold it to the teen. Prayers for all of you. Mom is so strong
This Mom is the strongest Mother I’ve ever met on here! Mother, you’re still loved by your Angel son… 🙏
I wanted to express with most cases than not, is too start teaching kids how to deal with the negative people who want to do drugs within their community. Because moving a.child to a different location does not mean that there is less drugs around and the people who use and deal them. Moving from one place to another is not the answer to helping your child minimize the way drugs are presented to them. Thank you and God Bless
So sorry for the lose of your son . I had my daughter call the phone numbers at the end of each telecast, seeking help for emotional crisis, etc and all they asked if she was suicidal, she said no and very nicely advised her she needed to contact so and so ( saying in essence they couldn’t offer assistance) and Hung up on her, That’s the problem in this country. I have heard so many here tell their terrible sad struggles with their loved ones, them seeking help to no avail l repeat thats the problem here in this country, when a person with needs reaches out - while they can still be helped - there is no help… no funds, no affordable counseling centers, nothing, until the worst scenario happens. Yet, this country GIVES and has billions of dollars in assistance for wars abroad… Beginning with Middle East and Ukraine.
The 988 number was recommended to us by the DEA. This is the first we’ve heard of it not being helpful. We’re open to including other numbers if anyone has recommendations.
Why do parents think that divorce is no big deal to kids? They need their mom and dad, BOTH, TOGETHER!! Sounds like he was totally in charge of his life, in all aspects, so sad. You don't seem to be concerned, as a parent, "when he decided". When he decided, really? To get away from his "mother".Never any questions....18 is not adult.
you got to see 23 minutes into our lives. not everything was included. his mom was and is an amazing mother. he unfortunately did not listen when he was younger and did whatever he wanted which led him to trouble. his dad wasn’t in the picture much growing up. i come from divorced parents as well and me and my siblings turned out pretty okay, despite these circumstances. genetics play into addiction as well. so does literally everything else.
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This is my sister and my nephew, you have zero clue what you’re talking about charlotte. Hopefully one day you’ll Never have to lose a child to fentanyl poisoning, because there will then be malinformed people like yourself who have the lack of class and integrity blaming you for your own child’s death.
Well by law 18 is an adult
RIP Elvis ! 🕊
Girlfriend was wise beyond her years. I hope I do not offend but when dealing with people that do drugs often or are addicted to them every movement should be questioned. The $20.00 question she asked was valid if it is for the wrong reasons they will give up and go to someone else because it is needed for the wrong reasons. Everything they do should be questioned.
It is not that you do not love them it is called tough love your trying to protect them from themselves.
Thank you :) and 100% i always questioned him if i felt like he was being fishy. it was never to be controlling, but because i constantly worried and wanted to make sure he was being safe
Sigo estos testimonios desde España, ayudada de subtítulos en muchas ocasiones y estoy impresionada de la generosidad de estas familias y del dolor que han sufrido. De momento, en España, no vivimos algo ni parecido. El fentanilo nunca es una prescripción inicial, yo solo conozco a una persona a la que se hayan recetado y por dolor oncológico. Además, el sistema sanitario público establece muy estrictos controles sobre todos los medicamentos, incluso sobre los opiáceos que solo se pueden recetar por periodos muy cortos de tiempo. Esos controles hacen muy difícil el mercado ilegal. La receta electrónica hace que el sistema pueda saber qué tomamos y durante cuánto tiempo. Tampoco la heroína está extendida, yo solo he conocido a dos personas en toda mi vida que hayan consumido y pertenezco a la juventud de los años 80 en la que todo era bien recibido. No sé qué pasará en el futuro, pero quiero agradecer a todas estas familias lo que estoy aprendiendo y comunícales mi dolor por la pérdida de su hijos, hermanas..etc
@@mariapuerta1975 hola Maria, disculpa mi español pq sigo aprendiendolo! Soy Rusa, viví en Alemania, ahora vivo en Canarias. En Canarias donde vivo yo se puede comprar cualquier droga en el centro del pueblo, la policía lo sabe y hace nada! La estación de policía está 10 metros al lado de vendedores de droga, imaginalo! Pero no es lo que quería decir. Como entiendo yo, el problema de fentanil en Estados Unidos es más grave en el sur, cerca de la frontera con México, de donde vienen todas estas pastillas de prescripción (como valium) pero llenas de fentanil! Y fentanil parece más fuerte que heroína... Y todo se compra por internet no hace falta it a doctor. Pues imagina, un niño compra una pastilla de valium por Internet (illegal) y recibe algo que también tiene fentanil por dentro, y no lo sabe! Y se muere. Tu tienes razón- en Europa es diferente. No me parece que sea tan fácil obtener prescripción para cualquier pastilla fuerte aparte de ibuprofeno aquí en EU (tampoco en Rusia). Esperamos que vayamos a seguir así.
@@mariakordyukova7715 muchas gracias, tienes razón en el acceso a las derogas que está muy generalizado, pero de momento es un problema menos grave, pero ya veremos. Tienes un español perfecto, felicidades!
RIP Elvis 🙏 Prayers for his Family and friends.
I'm so Sorry Dear! I have three Children in Heaven!!; This is the Worst Pàin one can Entire!!!
That had to be so hard to do, and I am so proud of both of you for getting through that and sharing. My heart hurts. 💜
So very sorry. How you can manage without him, it must be so painful. xx
Ok I have a 13 year old son and he has smoked weed. He confided in me that he has tried it. I am homeschooling him now but he’s begging to go back to school. I see my son’s future and it’s not a good one. What advice can any one give me? What do you wish you would’ve done differently that those of us seeing our children going down that path should be doing now? My heart just breaks.
The BIGGEST THINGS
these kids to know, you can't take Anything off the street or a friend, IFV YOUR NOT PRESCRIBED
DON'T TAKE. IT'S ALL POISON. COULD BE KIDS 1ST TIME, Adderall, okycodone, zanex.
1 pill you don't have to be an addict
It sounds like he had some mental health issues and that his problem was more serious than his Mom and girlfriend were able to perceive. Very sorry for the loss of this young man, because clearly he did not want to die. Fentanyl is god awful - as a country we've got to get this under control. RIP young man.
He looked so much like you, and quite a unique name and of course I'm wondering about it, did other people in your family ever have that name or was it bc you liked Elvis Presley. And I wonder if he liked it. I always think when you wake up if you wonder if it's a dream you had or is it real. The horrid feeling you must have when you realize it is real must cut you like a knife. I am so sorry you have to go thru such sadness each day but it is good you puch ahead for your other kids. I truly think this is the worst thing you can go through. Bless you in the future and RIP Elvis.
What a beautiful soul. I'm so sorry to everyone. 🕊️
So very sad, just an inconsolable loss.
Elvis’s mum is so straightforward and blunt in the way she speaks about his death. I honestly think that is going to help her as she navigates the rest of her life. Fentanyl isn’t as. If an issue here in Australia, but that doesn’t mean our country is immune to drug-related deaths. I just hope that I never have to feel that kind of pain.
It's because she's a hospice nurse and her personality but I know how much she is truly hurting so freaking sorry 😞
@@tessap5280 Oh I wasn’t saying anything negative about it. She comes across as very stoic. Hospice nurse does explain how comfortable she is talking about death. Prior to health issues I was a nurse. You do learn to compartmentalise your feelings. You are expected to be professional all while your heart might be breaking. Sending her lots of love.
@@sinda_hella oh I know that forsure you wasn't
I can just relate to it being a nurse aid for 27 years and also in similar situation I was just commenting from my own perspective.
It's true. Thanks for your understanding. I would never wish this on anyone.
@@charitykiesel9726Much love to you, Charity. I could only hope to have half of your poise and strength 💕
So sorry for your loss 😢
I’m so sorry this happened to you.
Thank you. I appreciate that.
Be respectful. It could be your kid who dies next smh. RIP ELVIS 😢
Thank you.
Exactly, 😢🤷♀️ I can't believe how some of these comments, just wow!!💜🙏💜
Im very sorry for mom and girlfriend. They come across as really cool supportive women that a guy would be blessed to have and to know. However, he was too damn weak. He played around a little too much and paid the cost to be the boss.
IM SO SORRY FOR THE LOSS OF YOUR SON 🕊️🕯️🕊️🕯️🕊️🕯️🕊️🕯️🕊️🕯️🫂🙏🏽🙏🏽PRAYERS AND CONDOLENCES TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. MOM JUST KNOW YOU DIDNT FAIL ELVIS YOU WERE A GREAT MOM HERE ARE YOUR FLOWERS AND A HUG💪🏽🫂🫂🌹🌹🥹🥹AND TO HIS GF YOU WERE REALLY THERE FOR ELVIS HERE ARE YOUR FLOWERS 🌹🌹🫂🥹🥹🙏🏽🙏🏽IM SOOO SORRY STAY AWAY FROM THAT POISON HOLD YOUR HEAD UP STAY 💪🏽💪🏽
Thank you! These kind comments mean the world to me.
Strong Mama God bless you.😊
Too calm.
@@robinlanier6886 “too calm” you have absolutely zero clue what my sister charity has done through, how much pain and agony she has suffered through, how much she has cried her eyes out. You sound absolutely disturbed to where you feel that my sister should of had a a mental breakdown during
This interview. Get professional help YOU NEED IT!
Back in the ‘good old heroin days’ the process was always the same. Those who got into it, usually around 20 would either get hefty and EARLY help along with motivation from the abuser got maybe 20% clean. The other 80% would overdose and die at 27 or 28. So these people were established drug addicts. Not that way now. One pill to a non-abuser can do the job and end it all. Times have changed. I saw many friends and acquaintances pass at 27-28 after around 7 years of useage of opiates.
@lepidopterists5170 when you said "he was my first kiss", I lost it. I am so sorry you and his family had to experience this.
Thank you so much ❤🩹
Sorry for your loss,the girlfriend is so beautiful
@@mariamaldonado8937 Thank you 🥹
SHE WAS A GOOD GIRLFRIEND. THE MOTHER SEEMS TO DOING OK W/ THE SUPPORT GROUP WHAT A LOST. SO SAD
RIP Elvis 💕
I truly feel bad for the stories with adults dying from fentanyl but the kid stories hit a little different, because they’re just so young, it creates alot of What ifs 🙁
These stories are heart breaking. A common theme is a child is found dead in their home and the parents are forced out of their house due to the investigation. Making it seem the police and investigators are serious about solving the death, and getting justice for the family. But what I see is if the result is found or not then it’s over, I hear of family not getting any answers afterwards. They are ignored, if phone cannot be opened they cannot have it back, or even the phone has been misplaced. Leaving broken families with no answers and no end for their horrible loss. Oh your child was an addict this is what happens. How can this be….? So sad so damn sad for everyone’s loss god bless you all.
amazing mother my condolences🙏🙏
Moms comment about her sister happens all the time and it shouldn’t. Family members have no clue the damage they’re doing when their “tough love” is nothing but tough, blame and anger. NO ONE willingly chooses to be an addict. Yeah maybe they did something stupid that got them started but no one wants to be a total slave to anything. No one wants to be hated nor disappoint the most important people in their lives. And families that respond that way just make the addicted person who now feels like they have nothing to live for-no one that truly cares fall deeper into their addiction. Trust me we all know we could die and we all know if it happens our families will just respond to the news with “we’re not surprised we knew she’d/he’d eventually kill him/her self… Yeah that’s going to give an addictive person hope for the future. No one loves them, no one wants them-hell no one can tolerate them enough to check to see if they’re alive. You have no clue what that realization does to someone already down in life. A doctor (who at the time didn’t know Oxytocin’s were so addictive) started mine. A few years into it as I sat in his office crying and begging for help to get off them he told me I’d be on them the rest of my life bc there was no successful way of getting off them. God got me off them but not until the point I was going to self eliminate myself. Before we can stop addiction in our country we have to understand addiction and all it’s aspects as well as mental illness as it pertains to addiction. Cutting off the supply won’t work if we have nothing in place to help addicts get back on their feet as well as forgive themselves
You are so very right!!❤
Mighty Marsha,You said everything that needs to be said.❤
Sucks so bad I also lost my son this year I question staying keep wanting to just be done already.
Very sorry for your loss. Here’s the story we recently published with insights from a counselor about grief.
Grief Feels Like Crazy - Heather Lambert, LPC
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@@TexasPictures thank you
So sorry Mama. This pain is unimaginable. You are not alone. I have found a support group that has been a life saver for me. Have you checked out the Compassionate Friends support group?
this is my boy man fuckk, he did love to dance😂😂 had tried to teach em how to pop a lil dougie for hella long 😭 long live Elvis🙏🙏🙏
Another sad but true story . What is ever going to change it.! Just terrible
Rest easy, Elvis🙏🏻✝️🙏🏻✝️🙏🏻✝️
So Sorry
This mother is so strong. My heart breaks for every single person involved. 💔
The government should do something about Snapchat
So sad people need to go through this. I never understood the allure of drugs. The drug culture in this country seems to glamorize this crap and then this happens. Sad to see this mom make excuses for his drug use.
About testing and the chocolate cookie -theory:
Is it possible the test shows negative on some part of the pill but it still has a lethal amount of fentanyl but it's just not in the part you're testing?
This mom is a very good speaker.
My condolences 🌹
Yes, it is possible. To test, the entire dose must be dissolved in water. Then, if negative and still determined to use the drug, you can drink the solution.
@@TexasPictures thanks for the answer. This has really bugged me.
I've seen pictures where they just scrub a corner of a pill and do the test like that.
I hope people know how the test is done correctly. At least it should be talked about so people will know.
I can understand that talking about this with children is hard and it's hard to understand as a parent when it is the right time. The victims are getting younger and younger.
Saying "don't do drugs" is easy. But to start talking to a 10-12 yo like "but if you do, do this and that".🥹
And how do you do it if you as a parent don't even know.
You are doing a very important job 🙏
Thank you. We've made a couple of stories that include the use of test strips. Wew also have a story we haven't finished yet about another testing option.
Matthew 11:28-29
"28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls." Jesus Christ from Nazareth ❤
GOD BLESS THE MOTHER FOR SHARING THE STORY❤
THE GIRLFRIEND FOR SHARING ❤HER HEART MAY GOD BLESS 🙏🏼 BOTH!! AND EVERYONE WHO READS THIS COMMENT!!
YES YOU*
EVERYBODY THAT'S STRUGGLING WITH ADDICTION MAY YOU BE STRENGTHENED AND MAY YOU OVERCOME!
PLEASE EVERYONE WHO BELIEVES PRAY FOR EVERYONE ELSE WHO MAY BE STRUGGLING WITH ADDICTION ❤
LIFT YOUR HANDS TO HEAVEN IN THE FAITH FOR DOING SO...THAT THE GREAT I AM WILL SEE & BE PRESENT IN THE MOMENT ❤❤❤AMEN
STRENGTH TO OVERCOME...
HEALING FOR THE BROKEN....
AMEN
That's a lot of cap's...
prayers for the mom and girlfriend and the rest of their family. He didn’t deserve to go this soon, let along with fentanyl:/
There is so much research going on about mushrooms, some are poisonous but most have been found to help and actually stop many ailments such as anxiety, depression, weight loss etc. Wish more people would check it out. My brother 70, makes a green smoothie with lions mane & few other mushrooms, he had a stroke 6 years ago but now feels so good, off of BP meds, chlorestoral meds, lost 28 lbs in 3 mos so far.
😢rip….
I am sorry for your loss. Hiw can somebody be so blubg to ask are you over it. How heartless. Such peopke never lost anxbody they love much less a child.
Another life to fentanyl. Rest in peace Elvis. Alexis, I am so sorry for your loss. Please do something great. Please tell your peers about this horrible drug. To the family of Elvis, please keep your other child safe and educated. RIP Elvis 🙏🏻❤️🇺🇸
Don't belt your self up Luv you
Iluv you ❤ Ronda Australia
This is heart braking to watch.
breaking*
:( RIP. Young one
I'm sorry for your loss. If you all are believers in Jesus Christ. Then he's not in your past but your future you will see him again when Jesus calls us all home
BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT FEELS LIKE TAKING DRUGS THAT THE DOCTOR DIDN'T GIVE IS PERSONAL CHOICE N NOT A REAL PROBLEM BECAUSE PPL CHOOSE TO DO IT EVEN THO THE GOVERNMENT GO OUT THEIR WAY TO WARN US. SO YEAH DON'T BLAME THE GOVERNMENT
I agree 100%
Government warned us?? Please tell me how?
Oh when they took all benzodines away from anxiety patients? 😒 🤔
Another reason for v then to turn to the street.
You should research. Js 💜🙏